prædire
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See also: praedire
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
prædire
- Obsolete form of prédire.
- 1615, Pierio Valeriano Bolzani, Les Hieroglyphiques de Ian-Pierre Valerian Vulgairement Nommé Pierius[1], page 164:
- Car les Mages ont eſprouué ( comme dit Proclus ) que le cœur de la Taulpe eſt d’vne merueilleuſe efficace pour prædire.
- Because the Mages have proven (as Proclus says) that the heart of the Mole is marvellously effective for prediction.
Conjugation[edit]
This verb is one of a group of -re verbs all ending in -dire. They are conjugated exactly like dire, but with a different second-person plural indicative present (that is, like confire). Members of this group include contredire and interdire.
Conjugation of prædire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prædire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prædisant /pʁe.di.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prædit /pʁe.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prædis /pʁe.di/ |
prædis /pʁe.di/ |
prædit /pʁe.di/ |
prædisons /pʁe.di.zɔ̃/ |
prædisez /pʁe.di.ze/ |
prædisent /pʁe.diz/ |
| imperfect | prædisais /pʁe.di.zɛ/ |
prædisais /pʁe.di.zɛ/ |
prædisait /pʁe.di.zɛ/ |
prædisions /pʁe.di.zjɔ̃/ |
prædisiez /pʁe.di.zje/ |
prædisaient /pʁe.di.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prædis /pʁe.di/ |
prædis /pʁe.di/ |
prædit /pʁe.di/ |
prædîmes /pʁe.dim/ |
prædîtes /pʁe.dit/ |
prædirent /pʁe.diʁ/ | |
| future | prædirai /pʁe.di.ʁe/ |
prædiras /pʁe.di.ʁa/ |
prædira /pʁe.di.ʁa/ |
prædirons /pʁe.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
prædirez /pʁe.di.ʁe/ |
prædiront /pʁe.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prædirais /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ |
prædirais /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ |
prædirait /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ |
prædirions /pʁe.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prædiriez /pʁe.di.ʁje/ |
prædiraient /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prædise /pʁe.diz/ |
prædises /pʁe.diz/ |
prædise /pʁe.diz/ |
prædisions /pʁe.di.zjɔ̃/ |
prædisiez /pʁe.di.zje/ |
prædisent /pʁe.diz/ |
| imperfect2 | prædisse /pʁe.dis/ |
prædisses /pʁe.dis/ |
prædît /pʁe.di/ |
prædissions /pʁe.di.sjɔ̃/ |
prædissiez /pʁe.di.sje/ |
prædissent /pʁe.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prædis /pʁe.di/ |
— | prædisons /pʁe.di.zɔ̃/ |
prædisez /pʁe.di.ze/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||